The Voice - Faith Lutheran Church

Welcome to Faith Lutheran Church.
We are a group of flawed people, joining
together to be part of God’s family. Join us
as we serve God by “Feeding the Hungry in
body and Soul.”
January 2015
Faith Lutheran Church
12449 California St.
Yucaipa, CA 92399
909-790-1816
[email protected]
www.faithlutheranyucaipa.org
Office Hours:
Tuesday through Friday
8:30 am to 2:45 pm
A note from Liz…
As the New Year begins, it is the eighth day of
Christmas. According to the traditional Christmas
Carol, this is the day for eight maids-a-milking. The
twelve days lead us to the Epiphany, the manifestation of Christ as represented by the magi who traveled from far away to bring gifts to the newborn
King.
The New Year is a time of beginnings for all of us as
we consider how this year might provide new opportunities for service,
for relationships, for changing habits, and for recommitting ourselves
through the renewal of our Baptismal Covenant. On January 11, we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ. Taking those words to heart,
how will we nurture others in the Christian faith and confess the faith of
the church? How will we serve all people and respect their dignity following the example of Jesus? These questions are not easy to answer and
yet we are invited to consider how our answers will look and show up in
our world.
In January, new council members will be installed at Faith Lutheran and
new Bishop’s Committee members will be elected at St. Alban’s Episcopal. We will hold the Semi-Annual Meeting for Faith and the Annual
Meeting for St. Alban’s on January 25. Please be sure to be present as reports and budgets are presented.
On January 4, Enoch and I will celebrate our marriage and embark on a
new adventure learning how to live as a couple serving God and God’s
people here in Yucaipa. We thank you for your love and support and look
forward to the opportunities that will present themselves.
With thanks for you and your ministries,
Pastor Liz+
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Just A Reminder from Pastor Liz: If you have questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to call or email me. I look forward to hearing from
you! My cell phone number is 760.559.3447 and my email is
[email protected].
Call Pastor Liz:
† When you are in need of prayer
† When you are going in the hospital for surgery or illness
† When you would like to schedule a Caring Servant for Holy Communion
† When there is a birth in your family
† When there is a death in your family
† When you are in trouble or discouraged
† When you need assistance
† When you want to celebrate good news
† When you need to share bad news
† When you want to schedule an event
† When you need information relating to the congregational life of Faith
Lutheran
We do our best to keep up with the lives of the people who attend, or are
related to people who attend, Faith Lutheran Church. We can help best
when we know about events before they are happening rather than after
the fact.
SICK AND SHUT-INS
Can’t make it to church and would like to receive
communion or have someone pray with you?
Call for a Caring Servant at the church office,
790-1816 or Nelson Hall at 790-1603.
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Deborah Circle, Hidden Valley Mobile Home Park, 12680 4th
St., Yucaipa
Mon., Jan. 12, 7:00 pm Naomi Circle, home of Diane Watson, 31461 Alta Vista Dr.,
Redlands
Wed., Jan. 14, 9:30 am Quilting, Sewing Room
Sun., Jan. 18, 10:00 am WELCA Board, Sewing Room
Tues., Jan. 20, 1:30 pm Bible study leaders, Library
Wed., Jan. 28, 9:30 am Quilting, Sewing Room
Wed., Jan. 7, 9:30 am
WOW!!! 2015 is just starting and the Quilters already have over 50 quilt tops finished.
Why not join the group on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays to help finish and tie the tops into
quilts for the world.
Join a Circle for the January study: from the story of King David’s sins…and his eventual repentance and forgiveness, the study goes on to explore forgiveness in Luke and
Acts. The passages will help us reflect on what it means.….to receive forgiveness and
learn to forgive others (taken from the Gather Magazine).
2015 Needs Your Help: Social Concerns and Outreach Committees need members, especially chairpersons. Social Concerns guides the Faith family in serving the community and nation through the pantry, LWR, needy people, etc. Outreach/Evangelism
reaches out to others about our congregation through dinners, service and awareness.
Please pray for these two committees and their continued activities.
Coffee Hour: For many individuals the coffee hour following the Sunday service is an
important piece of joining other members to meet and greet. To continue this outreach
to members and others, help is needed in setting up, providing a goody and cleaning up.
See the signup sheet in the Narthex to volunteer for a Sunday or two.
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We would like to thank you
for the generosity shown at
our wedding shower. To
have so many surround us
with their love and support
brings us great joy. We will
use the generous gift towards the purchase of lighting for our kitchen and dining room. Each time the
lights are turned on, we will
remember your light shining
in our lives.
Enoch and Liz+
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The Worship and Music committee would like to thank Norma
Burwell for all the years she has
chaired the Altar Guild. We will
greatly miss her leadership. Since
Norma is stepping down we will
be looking for someone to chair
this important committee. If you
would like to nominate someone
for this position please see Eloise
Johnson.
Respectfully Submitted,
Eloise Johnson
2015 FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
COUNCIL
President
Vice President
Recording Sec.
Financial Sec.
Treasurer
Preschool
Education
Outreach/Evang.
Social Concerns
Property Mgmt.
Stewardship/Fin.
Youth
Worship/Music 5
Steve Cady
Bill Martin
Sharon Cady
Vicki Rollins
Larry Ludwig
Pat Kilday
Richard and Jennifer
Beal
vacant
vacant
Fred Mazurier
Carol Jensen
vacant
Eloise Johnson
Restroom Project
Thrivent Action has given permission for us to do a fundraiser to upgrade, repair and
revitalize the downstairs bathroom used by our Day Care children. We are receiving
$250.00 in funds from them towards the project. We also have seed money from a
member.
We plan to replace partitions with plastic partitions, replace both toilets and paint
the walls. When that is completed we have a volunteer to scrub the floor with a floor
machine at no cost. An additional hope is to purchase or make a bench along the wall
for the children to sit on while waiting.
We are asking for donations toward this project. No amount is too small. Please designate your gift as Restroom Project, and may God bless you.
Project Leader, Jean Koger
Children’s Sunday School takes place each Sunday.
All ages are welcome. Following the Children's Sermon, children will meet in the narthex then walk over
to the library. We will return to the sanctuary before
Communion.
We also need two volunteers each week to assist with
Children’s Sunday School. Volunteers can sign up in
the narthex or e-mail Jenny Beal
([email protected]) or Richard Beal
([email protected]).
Sharon Cady
January
Cecilia Mazurier January
Carol D. Jensen January
Jacque Kottmeier January
Altha Hedman January
Brad Blue
January
Caroline Mkanza January
Paul Whitt
January
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Dennis and Jacque Kottmeier
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Stewardship of Service
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January 11
January 18
January 25
ASST. MINISTER
Michael Shea
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Michael Shea
David Strack
Jan Wheeler and Burrel Woodring
Cami Kirker
Alec Blue
Norma Burwell and Pat Motschall
Larry Ludwig
Carol Jensen
Carol Jensen
Michael Shea
Pat and George Motschall
Stephen Botts
Norma Burwell and Pat Motschall
Larry Ludwig
Michael Shea
Michael Shea
Ned Morgan
Sharon and Steve Cady
Richard Beal
Norma Burwell and Pat Motschall
Larry Ludwig
Steve Cady
Steve Cady
Glenn Bradd
Larry Ludwig and Dona Whitt
John Shurson
Norma Burwell and Pat Motschall
Larry Ludwig
Thank You
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